Instructor [EN]
Dr. Pierre Goovaerts studied at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) and at Stanford
University, where he wrote the textbook entitled Geostatistics for Natural Resources Evaluation published
by Oxford University Press in 1997. After five years on the Faculty at the University of Michigan, he
became in 2002 Chief Scientist for the R&D Company, Biomedware, Inc, and he created his own
consulting company, PGeostat, LLC.
Dr. Goovaerts has authored more than 130 refereed papers in the field of theoretical and applied
geostatistics, and he is a reviewer for 50 international journals. He has taught numerous short courses in
the US, which were attended by academics, consultants and federal employees.
He acts as a consultant for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
and he is bringing his expertise to numerous projects dealing with the characterization of air, soil and
water pollution and its impact on human health.
Most recently, Dr. Goovaerts has been appointed a Courtesy Associate Professor at the University of
Florida, Soil and Water Science Department. Since last year he is an off-site employee for the
international company CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), providing expertise on the geostatistical
modeling of contaminated sediments in rivers and lakes.
For more information about Dr. Goovaerts, visit his home page at: goovaerts.pierre.googlepages.com.
Instructor [PT]
O Doutor Pierre Goovaerts estudou na Universidade Católica de Louvain-la-Neuve (Bélgica) e na
Universidade de Stanford (USA) onde escreveu o livro “Geostatistical for natural Resources Evaluation”
publicado pela Oxford University Press em 1997. Após cinco anos na Universidade do Michigan é, desde
2002, Chief Scientist na Biomedware, Inc e criou a sua empresa de consultoria a PGeostat, LLC.
O Doutor Goovartes é autor de mais de 130 artigos referenciados nos domínios teóricos e aplicados da
geoestatística e é revisor de 50 revistas internacionais. Leccionou numerosos cursos de curta duração
nos Estados Unidos e é, ainda, consultor da Environmental Protection Agency e da Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Faz parte, como perito, de numerosos projectos de investigação nas áreas da caracterização da poluição
atmosférica, poluição dos solos e das águas e respectivo impacto na saúde humana.
Para mais informações sobre o doutor Pierre Goovaerts pode consultar-se a sua página:
goovaerts.pierre.googlepages.com.